Ticket-holder.



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TIVCKET HOLDER. (Appliceion fled July 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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PATENTOFFICE ALONZO js. /DAMS, onBOSTON,MVASSAOHUSETTS. f 'y 1sPEcIrroATIONrerrnng'partef.neaersrlatent No; '702,045-, dated 'June 1o,", 19o2. n Y

y Applicatie files July 11,' 1901. senin@ 67.924.' Y(No modem zenof the United St'te4s`,"re'siding in'ostonj; Vinthe countyofSufi'olk andv State of Massa'-,

5" jchusett's, have invented 'certain 'new and use- 1 ful'Inlprovelnents in Ticket-Holders, of which 1- f the'jfollovving, taken in connection'With the H'accompanyuJg drawings`,is a specification.

f ingand' displaying a passengers ticket or a k'zonductors train-check in railway-cars where l.l it Acan"beseenby the conductores he passes" "fQthrOughthecaL l 'l The Object of the invention'is toprov-ide an simple, encient,l and ornamental devicegfor the purpose; that maybe easilyattached tol fthe'b'ack ot' vany usu'alstylei lofA c'ar-seatvvithf fout `requiring alterationsthe'refor in'snch af position that vwhen aspassengers ticket kor aV 'conductors train-check' isl inserted therein it I,

vz'o canubeyreadily seen byktheconductor as he lpassesthrough the oar, `thus obviating the inproper timel land. beingV info'the'r ways advanf ltageous both to conductor'and passengers.

- The inventionv consists of abladeiand strip `attached to the,seat-back,preferablyover the 3o binding,; and arranged` to foi-mia vvariable l., opening 'between .the stripandrblade to' re#`lr 1 ceive `theti'cketl The stri'por blade maybe` formedofresilient metaboreither partmay,

" .e have one or morel Spring'membersextending las` Y vide sufficient grasping.l devices-'to hold theA from it toward `the other part,` solas to' 'proticket against displacement".Y

pcompanies', as all appear tofha've fallen short f come a common practice forconductors to insert the tickets under the binding of theseat i k backs, and the effectof this vis'jtowear 'the bindingand covering rapidly.' j -K y' `In my preferred construction'I forni a blade y with a pr'ojectingguide at-Onesideto facili-vl tate entering the ticket andrto-pre'ventwear y of this part .of the covering of the back ofthe go car-seats. From the blade tongues are struck,

, l. f ,each having one extremity integral with the l 3., blade, but the other clear of the blade, the` @This invention 'relates` todevices for hold`v convenience anddela'y incident toa vfrequent` `.production of vthetioket bythe tassenger'and',4 'facilitating the taking up ofthe'ticketat the l None ofthe devices so far'suggested` .'jningbee'n generally adopted-by the railway' `4o 'of the exacting service required,it has be- 1 tongnes- `being preferably arrangedfin' v`the longitudinal:mainline of hablada g The "ltongues extend from' *their ipoinftsfofcunion near'the; extremities ofythve bladetoward the iniddle of 'theb1'ade, and] thefreeends'of i the tongues are `usuallyseparated some dis? 'tance' `from `'each other.v .Ivhisfbllld'e-fis"putA 6o. v'jections of'thve tongues extending abov'ethe' on' overthe bindingof'theoarse'atwith:pro-

surfaceof the biadesand'jwith the'gnide to j said blade -I fasten-withlscre'ws threaded in theseat-'back a stri pthat' isslghtly bulged npwardatthe center, so `'the endsof theblade and thestrip',touch-"5 butaty thefiniddle there'` .willbe'aspace between 4thest'rip and blade ,n l where i the'4 proj e'ctions ofthe. tongues come .above thesu'r'face vof 4the/blade. AThis convstruction enables `theho-1der'to1grasp the tikihb more than onepoi-ntyvhichf pre-g'` vents theticket swin gin'g,and hence {Workin' g loose, as is the casein ord'inafrily-sggested constructions.y l-When' th'con'ductor.. takes to enable *him totell-th'at this 'zpassengerhas thepassengers ticket, heinakesahol'ein the ticket-with his speoiallyshaped punclfjand` lthenfin'serts the ticket Vbetween' th'estrip and l' blade',s' the 'punched` ticket is inplain view' 8 i o a'plan, rear vand end elevationsfof a portion of a car-,seat back withl in y ticket-holder in place; liig. 4 shows an enlarged' plan ofl theY blade.v f Fig. shows an enlarged longitudinal i `'lhe'b'ackctof the car-seat isl-usually coveredy with some materiallike plush `or leather, and

. section ofthe bladeand strip. Fig; 6 shows a cross-section ofthe blade fandqstripy at` the f Y projection of a tongue.

At'abouttherniddl'e of-the'topfedge of the seatbackpl v'fasten the Oblong.bladec, fwhich and rearof the seat-backarejlusuallyjcon' cealed'zwith a'. binding -b Aofl suitable material. f

is stanpedffromsheet 'metalfandfhas' at' one i Near the extremities-of "-the'bladetongnes e,

vformed `from, the blade,` extend toward the 'sideaprojecting guide that extends tofjthe" n jre'ar of the centralportionofthe 'said blade.

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center thereof, the tongues having their free ends stampedupward to vform the ticket-holding projectionsf, the-edgeshJ of the projections being beveled to prevent burring the edges of the ticket when it is inserted. Suitable holes tare provided in the blade, through which screws j are inserted to fasten the blade to the back a. Over the said blade I place a strip 7c ofthe same outline as the blade except for the guide d. This strip is provided with holes Z, through which the screws j pass also, so the strip may be held at the ends in cont-act with the blade; but the strip is struck up in the middle to just rest in contact with the projectionsf of the blade, and as aresult an opening fm is formed between the blade and strip that may be occupied by the tickcts. The ticket is inserted in the opening m, pushed between the strip 7c and projections f, and then it may be pressed toward the ends of the holder, so the edge of the ticket will be between the strip 7c and the blade c, to thus hold the ticketnot only along the edge, but also at points some distance therefrom in the body of the ticket. This prevents twisting and swinging of the ticket, and it is much less likely to be accidentally displaced.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a ticket-holder,a blade having a guide, andindependentspring-tonguesintegral with the blade extending along the medial line to ward the center of the blade, combined With a strip fastened in contact with the blade at its ends but having its central section clear of the blade, and projections from the blade to form with the strip clamps to hold a ticket at points distant from each other to prevent the ticket twisting or slipping, substantially as described.

2. In a ticket-holder, a strip and a blade arranged to form a ticket-receiving opening between them, combined With a yielding projection to clasp the body of the ticket to the strip andmeans formed by the junction of the strip and blade to clasp along the edge of the ticket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my naine, this 9th day of July, A. D. i901. i

ALONZO S. ADAMS.

Witnesses: E. T. DENHAM, R. C. BAYLDONE. 

